I have some pint and half-pint Nonics, a few dimpled mugs, and some of straight sided small 8 to 10 ounce glasses...and that's all I need for any kind of beer (well, except for a big brandy snifter or oversized wine glass, either of which I like for my year aged Old Ale/Burtons...kind of makes cracking one of those open an 'occasion' ).

As an artist I can appreciate the fine design work on some of the gimmick glasses, and I also recognize (and occasionally applaud) the merchandising savvy they represent... but really don't need them to enjoy a beer.

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Like everybody, I have a massive collection of glassware that I don't have room for and 90% of which rarely gets used. For our wedding my wife and I had a few cases of Willibecher's made up with our brewery logo on them to give away as favors. Well needless to say, we still have probably 30 of them - so those get used a lot. Plus they're rad.

I would recommend checking out discount type stores from time to time. I have gotten nonic glasses at TJ Maxx. before. Of course they also usually have weizen vases (labeled as pilsner) and other more common glass types fairly cheap.